1. Understanding drivers and patterns of forest management in the region * A Snapshot of the Chequamegon-Nicolet

2. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT (AKA TIMBER HARVEST)

3. TIMBER HARVEST VOLUME

5. VOLUME SOLD AND FUNDING LEVEL (2005-2010)

6. ANNUAL BUDGET (2006-2010)

7.  1.3 to 1.5 percent/year  85 percent undisturbed over the decade.  8,990 acres harvest/year (0.60% of CNNF). GROUND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES

8. AVERAGE SIZE OF CLEARCUTS

9. CLEARCUTS

10. TRENDS IN FOREST COMPOSITION AND AGE

11. ACRES OF REGENERATING ASPEN FOREST 1950-2010

12.  Most common type  Un-even aged silviculture  Post-cutover origin  Willow Creek tower most productive NORTHERN HARDWOODS

13. NORTHERN HARDWOOD INTERIOR

14. AGE CLASS STRUCTURE OF UPLAND VEGETATION IN MANAGEMENT AREA 2B

15.  CCC Era  Even-aged Silviculture  Very little being planted  Usually on sandy soils RED PINE

16.  Winter logging required in some areas (more and more difficult) TIMING OF HARVEST

17. Increasing: Woody Biomass Harvesting

18. LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE

19. EXPANSION OF PATCHES OF MATURE NORTHERN HARDWOOD INTERIOR FOREST

20. OTHER DISTURBANCE FORCES

21. Lakewood/Laona oak wilt treatment (2005-2010) YearNumber of sites treatedNumber of individual trees 2005312,757 2006353,679 2007191,559 200814900 2009272,815 2010162,714 Total14214,424 OAK WILT

22. Spruce decline salvage (2005-2010) YearAcres Salvaged 200452 2005101 2006461 20071,932 20081,126 2009459 201073 Total4,155 SPRUCE DECLINE

23. Acres within fire-adapted landtype associations treated with prescribed fires Year Acres 2005325 20060 2007508 20083,450 2009117 2010716 PRESCRIBED FIRE

24. AverageNumber Fires Average size of fire (acres) Range of fire size (acres) RANGE38-72 Less than 10 acres 0.1 - 1200 WILDFIRE

25. BEAVER

26. Linda Parker Forest Ecologist/ Research Coordinator lrparker@fs.fed.us 715 762 5169 Marcus Sadak CNNF GIS coordinator mlsadak@fs.fed.us 715-362- 1356 DATA SOURCES

27. Vegetation Activities: FACTS  Timber harvests  Planting  Site Preparation  ETC Vegetation Composition FSVEG  Stands  Type  Age  Density  Soils  LTA GEOSPATIAL DATABASES Also…DEMs

28. NATIONAL HIERARCHY OF ECOLOGICAL UNITS Landtype Associations

31. FSGEODATA CLEARINGHOUSE HTTP://FSGEODATA.FS.FED.US/ Forest Biomass across the Lower 48 States and Alaska For Example: Provinces, Sections, and Subsections of the Conterminous United States

32. LOADS OF LAYERS http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us/gla/

33. NATIONAL HIERARCHY OF ECOLOGICAL UNITS

35. RESEARCH NATURAL AREAS NRS.FS.FED.US/RNA

36. DISCUSS